Awards and Distinctions

Declaration of Accommodation from the Federal Home Loan Bank for having “advanced the progress of the Housing Finance System of these United States and strengthened citizenship through service in the fields of Banking and Home Ownership” (December 2002)

Inaugural Ambassadors of Peace 2009 Honoree, Institute for International Sport, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, NY (Wednesday, October 28, 2000)

Brigadier General Edward L. Klein (U.S. Army National Guard) presenting Derek Bryson Park with the State of New York Military Commendation Medal
Brigadier General Edward L. Klein (U.S. Army National Guard) presenting Derek Bryson Park with the State of New York Military Commendation Medal
Derek Bryson Park; The Adjutant General of New York, Major General John H. Fenimore V (U.S. Air National Guard); and Colonel Edward L. Klein, (U.S. Army National Guard), West Point, New York
Major General John E. Rose, with a distinguished military career spanning the U.S. Army and New York Army National Guard, shares a festive moment with Derek Bryson Park at the Christmas Party in the Officers Dining Room, United States Military Academy at West Point

 

 

Major General Robert Charles George Disney, U.S. Army and New York Army National Guard, at the Ellis Island Medal of Honor Ceremony

 

 

Appointed by Mayor Tony Byrne, “Honorary Citizen” of Natchez, the first Capitol of Mississippi when it was a U.S. Territory and the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River (1985)

Appointed by Mayor Tony Byrne, “Honorary Citizen” of Natchez, the first Capitol of Mississippi when it was a U.S. Territory and the oldest settlement on the Mississippi River (1985)

 

 

 

Derek Bryson Park shaking hands with the Dean of the General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church, The Very Reverend Ward B. Ewing

 

Casa Santa Marta, the revered official residence of Pope Francis, situated within the historic and spiritual enclave of Vatican City, Holy See, serving as a symbol of humility and hospitality in the papal tradition.
His Eminence, a distinguished Cardinal Archbishop, alongside the Grand Commander of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta and Derek Bryson Park, gathered at the entrance of the Pauline Chapel, a significant location within the Vatican known as the site of papal ceremonies, following a solemn Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI.
Derek Bryson Park is seen poised in front of the esteemed quarters at Casa Santa Marta, upon his arrival at this distinguished venue, just a few doors away from where Pope Francis chose to reside upon his election as Pope.
Andrea Sodano, nephew of His Eminence Angelo Cardinal Sodano, the esteemed Secretary of State and Dean of the College of Cardinals, is captured greeting Derek Bryson Park in front of his residence at the Casa Santa Marta, a distinguished residence reserved for prominent dignitaries and high-ranking members of the church.